Adjustable curtain-support.



C. M. THURSTON.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN SUPPORT.

VAPPLIQATION FILED SEPT. 1o, 1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

Application sied september 1o, 1912. serial No. 719,569.

To all whom, t may concern: v

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. TnURs- TON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ef the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to adjustable supports for holding curtains, such as lace curt-ains, which are generally hung before windows to give a decorative effect to the room.

The object of the invention is to provide a vertically adjust-able support for curtains, which may be lowered when it is desirable to attach or detach a curtain, and which when raised supports the curtain in the desired position in front of the window 'or other opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable support which may in itself be adjusted to fit windows of various sizes.

Since windows are of such a great variety of sizes, it follows that the supports must be made in a corresponding number of sizes. This feature would entail the carrying of a very large stock by the dealer or manufacturer in order that he might ll orders for the various sizes. In order to overco-me this disadvantageous feature, I make the supports in themselves adjustable, so that they may be fitted to any window, thereby overcoming the necessity of making a plurality of different sizes.

IVith these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel arrangements of parts and features of construction, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

IVith the use of the device of my invention, any window, within of course certain limits as to size, may be equipped with the device of my invention which is adjustable to lit the certain size of window, and the curtain rod may be lowered to a position where the curtain may be readily attached or detached by a person standing on the licor, thereby obviat-ing all of the difliculties now experienced in connection with the fixed rods.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a View of a window, showing the device of my invention arranged thereon. Fig. 2 is a detail in section taken through one of the supports, part thereof being broken away to reduce the size of the gure.'

Attached to the wall or frame work on opposite sides of the window 2 are guides 3.

These guides are of a flat tubular shape, being attached to the wall by screws passing through one of the flat faces, the other iat face being provided with a slot L1. Each guide 3 is formed of two fiattubular members, 3a, 3b, the member 3b being `sligl'it-ly smaller than member 3a in cross section, so that the members may telescope. The two members 3a, 3b are made of substantially equal lengths and their combined length is equal to the height of the longest standard window. By telescoping the parts together, a guide of varying length may be obtained to correspond to the various window lengths.

Associated with each guide 3 is a rod 5 which is provided with means at its upper end for engaging the curtain rod 14 which is preferably adjustable. Each rod 5 is formed in two parts 5b telescoping each other so that the length of the rod may be varied in accordance with the height of the window. The part 5aM consists of a hollow tube in which the rod 5b is slidable, the two parts being held in adjusted position by the flat-headed screw (3, the shank of which passes through a slot 7 in the tube and engages the rod.

Screwed into the rod 5b at the upper end is a flat headed screw 8, the shank of which passes through the slot 4 in the guide tube. At the lower end of the tube 5f, which is reinforced at that point by a filler 9, I arrange a flat headed bolt 12, the head of which lies within the guide tube 4 and the shank of which passes through the tube 5a. A milled nut 13 on the outer end of the bolt provides a means for clamping the tube to the guide.

The devices are used in pairs, one being attached to the window casing or wall at oppo-site sides of the window. The guide tubes are extended to the proper length and secured in place. The slidable rods are then attached and adjusted to their proper length. I have generally found that the rods should be adjusted so that their length is approximately one half the length or' the window, but this is variable depending upon the height of the window 'from the floor.

I olaiin:

l. A support for curtain rods comprising slotted guides arranged vertically on opposite sides of the window, means for support ing the curtain rod comprising a rod, a tube into which said rod extends, means for holding said rod and tube in adjusted positions and means on said rod and tube engaging said guide.

2. A support for curtain rods comprising a pair of slotted guides arranged on opposite sides of the window, eaeh of said guides being formed in two parts teleseoping each other, means for supporting the Curtain rod comprising a rod engaging each guide, tubes into which the lower ends oi' said rods extend, ineans for clamping said rods and tubes in adjusted positions, and means on said tubes adapted to elanip the tubes to said guides.

3. A support for a window curtain rod comprising slotted guides arranged verti- Gally on opposite sides of the window7 rods provided with means for supporting said Curtain rod, screws on said rods provided with heads engaging said guides, slotted tubes into which said rods extend, screws passing through said slots and engaging said rods adapted to clamp the rods and tubes in adjusted positions, bolts engaging said tubes provided with heads engaging said guides, and nuts on said bolts adapted to elainp said tubes and guides together.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set iny hand at San Francisco, California, this 5th day of September, 1912.

M. L. CONTE, II. G. Inosr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five ents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

